Insulin Resistance in Idiopathic Oligospermia and Azoospermia

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Insulin resistance in men can be the underlying major factor in reproductive abnormalities ( chronic hypospermatogenesis ) as well as metabolic abnormalities similar to polycystic ovarian syndrome ( PCOS ) in women.

Condition or disease

Intervention/treatment

Insulin ResistanceOligospermiaAzoospermia

Other: blood samplesOther: Blood samples

Detailed Description:

During the past decade IR has been recognized as a major contributor to the pathogenesis of chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism and metabolic abnormalities associated with PCOS . Theoretically IR in men may result in a similar reproductive abnormalities ( chronic hypospermatogenesis ) as well as other metabolic abnormalities similar to what happens in PCOS in women .

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